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	<title>Conservation &#8211; The Catalina Islander</title>
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		<title>Catalina becomes outdoor classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[LA Conservancy students get lesson in conservation Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy Looking up from beneath towering trees at the Catalina Island Restoration Area, students considered the answer to the question they’d just been asked. “How many individual Ironwood trees do you think this is?” asked Senior Naturalist Alex Brainerd from inside the enclosure, which [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Community Cleanup Crew</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent Catalina Community Cleanup had six volunteers (human), and one wonderful pup. The group managed to collected 67 lbs. of trash and debris from the Avalon area. Next event will be hosted in partnership with Tidy Seas on the morning of Monday, July 28 at 9 a.m.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Letters to the Editor: published Oct. 6, 2023</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Catalina Islander Readers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dear Avalon, When I stepped off the boat with my family three years ago to help preserve and protect this remarkable place, I remember feeling a deep peace. This Island is remarkable—the rugged hills, the unique plants and animals, the history, and the pounding waves. Since then, I have experienced and grown to love our [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservation Learning: from Wildlife to Wildlands</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Boudevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interns learned about plant, wildlife on Catalina Island Catalina Island Conservancy recently provided a conservation learning opportunity for teens participating in an LA Zoo program. The paid internship, offered to kids from diverse communities interested in the environment and conservation work, connects students with environmental organizations. “We were excited to continue to build a partnership [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Moonlight surveys gather data</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Boudevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Information being gathered about Scripps’s Murrelets on Catalina By Jessica Boudevin In January, Catalina Island Conservancy began seabird surveys for the elusive Scripps’s murrelet (Synthliboramphus scrippsi). This year’s survey looks a bit different. The Conservancy has expanded a collaboration with California Institute of Environmental Studies (CIES) for a longer period to try to determine the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Summer Learning: Conservancy distributes free Learning Kits for third year in a row</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Boudevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Conservancy distributes free Learning Kits for third year in a row By Jessica Boudevin For the third summer in a row, Catalina Island Conservancy’s Education Department created learning kits for Catalina Island youth. The program has reached more than 300 families since distribution of the kits began. The Families in Nature Learning Kits encourage Avalon [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reservoir water level decreases to 588 acre feet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles M. Kelly]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Level triggers Stage 1 conservation The Middle Ranch Reservoir water level has decreased to the point that triggers Stage 1 water restrictions. It won’t happen immediately, because Southern California Edison has to take a few steps. (Visitors may not know that Avalon’s water utility is owned by the electric company.) “As of June 6, 2022 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Conservationists rescue fallen eaglet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[For the Islander]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2022 20:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Donald Beaver In an almost ironic twist of fate, Two Harbors residents, Chase and Cholyn prematurely became what human parents are referred to when their children leave home. That’s right, they found themselves “empty nesters” but not in the way intended. An Island bird of prey tragedy was averted Tuesday morning at the Two [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Snakes, frogs, and lizards … oh my!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 19:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Snakes, amphibians, and lizards (otherwise known as herpetofauna) are some of the most understudied wildlife taxa and can be very sensitive to habitat disturbance. In fact, the last comprehensive survey on Catalina Island was led by the US Geological Survey 18 years ago during the removal of non-native ungulates (goats and pigs). Since the ungulate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome newest island residents</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Apodaca]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[West End bald eagle couple hatch three young eaglets News reports and the webcam that documents the lives of Catalina Island’s bald eagles, named Thunder and Akecheta, show that the pair of eagles are now parents to three small eaglets, which hatched last week. Thunder and Akecheta are part of a program by the Institute [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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